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ANNUAL  REPORTS 


of  the 


Town  of  Auburn 

New  Hampshire 


Year  Ending  December  31, 
1944 


Annual  Reports 


OF  THE 


Selectmen  and  Treasurer,  Highway 
Agents  and  All  Other  Officers 


OF  THE 


Town  of  Auburn 


FOR   THE 


Year  Ending  December  31, 
1944 


TOGETHER  WITH 


School  Board's  Annual  Report  and  Budget  for 
Fiscal  Year  Beginning  July  1, 1945 


THE  CLARKE  PRESS 

Manchester,  N.  H. 

1945 


TOWN  OFFICERS 


Moderator 
GEORGE  E.  SPOFFORD 

Town   Clerk 
NORMA  F.  DAVIS 

Town  Treasurer 
EDITH  B.  PRESTON 

Selectmen 

JAMES  E.  STOCKLEY  GEORGE  A.  SELL 

ROBERT 'L.  HARRIS 

Collector  of   Taxes 
OMER  E.  BUREAU 

Highway  Agent 
CLINTON  E.  EMERY 

Auditors 

MARGARET  A.  GRIFFIN         AUGUSTUS  F.  DAVIS 
HARVEY  F.  STOWE 

Acting  Fire  Warden 
FRED  C.  STACY 


Health  Officer 
PAUL  S.  WOOD 

Library  Trustees 

EVA  HARRIS  ESTHER  EMERY 

MARGARET  A.  GRIFFIN 

Trust  Fund  Trustees 

MARION  PRESTON  PAUL  S.  WOOD 

WALTER  A.   MARSH 


Cemetery  Trustees 

IDA  NEWCOMB  WALTER  A.  MARSH 

MARION  PRESTON 


Police   Officer 
HARVEY  F.  STOWE 


Overseer  of  the  Poor 
BOARD  OF  SELECTMEN 


Supervisors  of  Checklists 

MARION  PRESTON       ALFRED  N.  SANBORN 
GERTRUDE  M.  NYE 


TOWN  WARRANT 


THE  STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

ROCKINGHAM,    SS. 
[L.  S.] 

To  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Town  of  Auburn,  in  said  County, 
qualified  to  vote  in  Town  Affairs : 

You  are  hereby  notified  to  meet  at  the  hall  in  the  Massabe- 
sic  Lake  Inn  in  said  town  on  Tuesday,  the  thirteenth  day  of 
March,  next,  at  ten  o'clock  in  the  forenoon,  to  act  upon  the 
following  subjects : 

First.     To  bring  in  your  ballots  for  : 

Town  Clerk  for  the  ensuing  year, 

One  selectman  for  three  years, 

Tax  collector  for  the  ensuing  year, 

Town  treasurer  for  the  ensuing  year, 

Highway  agent  for  the  ensuing  year, 

One  library  trustee  for  three  years, 

One  cemetery  trustee  for  three  years, 

One  trust  fund  trustee  for  three  years, 

Three  auditors  for  the  ensuing  year. 
At  12  :30  o'clock  P.  M.,  the  meeting  will  be  open  for  the 
following  articles : 

Second.     To  choose  all  other  necessary  town  officers. 

Third.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  incur  debt  for 
temporary  loans  in  anticipation  of  taxes. 

Fourth.  To  hear  the  report  of  the  Budget  Committee  and 
act  thereon. 

Fifth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and  appro- 
priate the  sum  of  $1,400.00  for  town  officers'  salaries. 


Sixth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and  appro- 
priate the  sum  of  $800.00  for  town  officers'  expenses. 

Seventh.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and  appro- 
priate the  sum  of  $125.00  for  election  and  registration. 

Eighth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and  appro- 
priate the  sum  of  $100.00  for  expense  of  municipal  court. 

Ninth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and  appro- 
priate the  sum  of  $150.00  for  expense  of  town  hall  and  other 
town  buildings. 

Tenth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and  appro- 
priate the  sum  of  $100.00  for  Police  department  expense. 

Twelfth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and  appro- 
priate the  sum  of  $250.00  for  the  Volunteer  Fire  department. 

Thirteenth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and  ap- 
propriate the  sum  of  $35.00  for  the  Health  department, 
including  Vital  Statistics. 

Fourteenth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $1,300.00  for  maintenance  of  sum- 
mer roads,  $3,000.00  for  winter  roads,  $375.00  for  bridges 
and  culverts,  $500.00  for  tarring  maintenance,  and  $500.00 
for  general  expenses  of  highway  department. 

Fifteenth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and  ap- 
propriate the  sum  of  $1,100.00  for  street  lights. 

Sixteenth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and  ap- 
propriate the  sum  of  $523.69  for  Class  V  roads,  (TRA- 
town's  share.) 

Seventeenth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $100.00  for  the  library. 

Eighteenth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $500.00  for  town  poor. 


Nineteenth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $1,100.00  for  old  age  assistance. 

Twentieth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $75.00  for  Memorial  Day  and  other 
celebrations,  and  $20.00  for  maintenance  of  Service  Flags. 

Tzventy- first.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $100.00  for  Soldiers'  Aid. 

Twenty-second.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $245.00  for  rent  of  hydrants. 

Twenty-third .  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $75.00  for  the  Village  Cemetery. 

Twenty-fourth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $75.00  for  town  dump  maintenance 
and  rental. 

Tzventy- fifth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $125.00  for  interest  on  temporary 
loans. 

Twenty-sixth.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $2,374.30  for  1944  County  tax. 

Twenty^ seventh.  To  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  raise  and 
appropriate  the  sum  of  $8,885.70  for  support  of  schools,  to 
meet  School  Board's  budget  for  1945-46. 

Twenty- eighth.  To.  see  if  the  town  will  vote  to  use  the 
income  of  the  H.  B.  Burnham  fund  for  schools  or  library. 

Twenty-ninth.  To  transact  any  other  business  that  may 
legally  come  before  the  meeting. 

Polls  will  open  at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  and  close  at  6  o'clock 
P.  M. 


Given  under  our  hands  and  seal  this  twenty-fourth  day  of 
February,  A.  D.,  1945. 

GEORGE  A.  SELL, 
JAMES  E.  STOCKLEY, 

Selectmen  of  Auburn. 


A  true  copy  —  Attest 


GEOEGE  A.  SELL, 
JAMES  E.  STOCKLEY, 

Selectmen  of  Auburn. 


BUDGET  OF  THE  TOWN  OF 

Estimates  of  Revenue  and  Expenditures  for  the  Ensuing 
Actual  Revenue  and  Expenditures  of  the  Previous 


Sources   of   Revenue 


FROM   STATE: 

Interest   and   Dividend   Tax    

Railroad   Tax    

Savings    Bank    Tax 

Reimbursement   —   Bounties    

(For   Fighting  Forest  Fires    

For    Class    V    Highway    Maintenance 

FROM    LOCAL    SOURCES    EXCEPT 
TAXES: 
Fines   and   Forfeits,    Municipal   Court  28.50 

Interest   Received  on   Taxes    33.31 

Income    of   Departments: 

(a)    Highway,    including   rental   of 

equipment      766.69 

Filing  Fees    5.00 

Motor   Vehicle   Permit   Fees    562.76 

CASH  (Surplus)    

FROM    LOCAL    TAXES    OTHER 
THAN  PROPERTY  TAXES: 
Poll  Taxes — Regular  at  $2.00    618.00 

TOTAL    REVENUES    FROM    ALL 
SOURCES   EXCEPT   PROPERTY 
TAXES       $2,547.93 

AMOUNT  TO    BE    RAISED   BY 

PROPERTY  TAXES  

TOTAL  REVENUES  


Actual 

Estimated 

revenue 

revenue 

previous 

ensuing 

Year  1944 

Year  1945 

Increase 

Decrease 

$62.14 

$62.14 

7.41 

7.41 

222.97 

222.97 

2.20 

2.20 

43.95 

131.42 

87.47 

197.20 

70.20 

127.00 

28.50 


500.00 
2,324.78 


2,324.78 


33.31 


766.69 

5.00 

62.76 


$3,967.62 
$20,166.07 


,414.45 


$994.76 


P24.133.69 


GEORGE   E.    SPOFFORD 
GEORGE   A.   SELL 
HENRY  G.    SMITH 
GLADYS  E.    STOCKLEY 
CLINTON    E.    EMERY 
AUGUSTUS  F.  DAVIS 
OMER   E.    BUREAU 
OLIVE   R.  SARGENT 


AUBURN,  NEW  HAMPSHIRE 


Year  January  f,  1945  to  December  31,  1945  Compared  with 
Year  February  I,  1944  to  December  31,  1944 


Purposes    of    Expenditures 


CURRENT    MAINTENANCE 
EXPENSES: 

General   Government: 

Town   Officers'    Salaries     $1,140.60 

Town  Officers'   Expenses     663.21 

Election  and  Registration  Expenses  347.31 

Municipal    Court    Expenses    100.00 

Expenses    Town    Hall    and    Other 

Town    Buildings     141.98 

Protection  of  Persons  and  Property: 

Police    Department    52.50 

Fire    Department — Forest  Fires    .  .  101.08 

Fire  Department — Volunteer    ....  375.00 

Bounties       ' 1.00 

Health : 

Health   Department    

"Vital    Statistics    14.00 

Highways    and   Bridges : 

General  Expenses  of  Highway  Dept. 
Town  Maintenance  :  Summer  .  .  . 
Town    Maintenance:    Winter     .  .  . 

Street   Lighting    

Bridges    and    Culverts    , 

Town   Road   Aid    , 

Tarring    Maintenance     

Tractor    Repairs     

Libraries : 

Libraries     

Public   Welfare: 

Town    Poor     

Old    Age    Assistance    761.74 

Patriotic   Purposes : 

Service   Flags    58.49 

Memorial    Day    and    other    celebra- 
tions       19.00 

Aid  to   Soldiers   and  their  families  

Public    Service   Enterprises : 

Cemeteries     75.00 

Hydrants  —   Rental    245.00 

Town    Dump     60.80 

Interest : 

On    Temporary    Loans     111.00 

County    Tax     7.92 

Refunds   and   Abatements    2.48 

PAYMENTS    TO    OTHER    GOVERN- 
MENTAL   DIVISIONS: 

County    Taxes     2,374.30 

Payments   to    School   Districts    8.609.77 


Actual  Estimated 

expenditures  expenditures 
previous         ensuing 
Year  1944       Year  1945 


2,197.30 
1,036.83 
190.70 
120.25 
265.21 
749.81 
296.47 

100.00 


&1.400.00 
800.00 
125.00 
100.00 

150.00 

100.00 
200.00 
250.00 


15.00 
20.00 

500.00 

1,300.00 

3,000.00 

1,100.00 

375.00 

523.69 

500.00 


100.00 

500.00 
1,100.00 

20.00 

75.00 
100.00 

75.00 

245.00 

75.00 

125.00 


2.374.30 
8,885  70 


Increase      Decrease 


$259.40 
136.79 


47.50 
98.92 


15.00 
6.00 

500.00 

1,963.17 
109.30 
254.75 

258.48 


500.00 
338.26 


56.00 
100.00 


14.20 
14.00 


275.93 


222.31 


125.00 
1.00 


897.30 


249.81 
296.47 


38.49 


7.92 
2.48 


TOTAL   EXPENDITURES 


..$21,018.75     $24,133.69      $4,955.72      $1,840.78 


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INVENTORY  —  APRIL  1,  1944 


Lands     and     buildings      (Exclusive     of 

growing  Wood  and  Timber $528,616.00 

Growing  Wood  and  Timber 62,088.00 

Electric  poles  and  fixtures  17,312.00 

36  Horses 5,345.00 

4  Oxen 600.00 

176  Cows    18,010.00 

48  Neat  Stock   3,980.00 

152  Hogs    1,740.00 

21,621  Fowls  21,621.00 

200  Rabbits    200.00 

Wood  and  lumber  7,474.00 

Gasoline  pumps  and  tanks   1 ,080.00 

Stock  in  trade 10,800.00 

Mills  and  machinery  4,300.00 

Total  valuation    $683,166.00 

439  Poll  taxes,  regular  at  $2.00 $878.00 

454  Poll  taxes,  special  at  $3.00 1,362.00 

Total  amount,  soldiers'  exemptions 13,620.00 

Total  amount,,  local  taxes  committed  to 

collector,  including  poll  taxes   $21,372.98 

Tax  Rate— $3.00  per  $100.00. 


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SCHEDULE  OF  TOWN  PROPERTY 


Storage  barn  and  land $350  00 

Library,  land  and  building 1,000.00 

Library,  furniture  and  equipment 100.00 

Police  dept.,  building  and  equipment 500.00 

Highway  dept.,  equipment    3,400.00 

Highway  dept.,  materials  and  supplies   100.00 

Schools,  lands,  and  buildings    14.000.00 

Schools,  equipment     750.00 

Collector's  deeds   4.340.00 

Total     $24,540.00 


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FINANCIAL  REPORT 


Of  the  Town  of  Auburn,  in  Rockingham  County 
For  the  Fiscal  Year  Ended  December  31,  1944 

BALANCE 
Town  of  Auburn 

ASSETS 

Cash — 

In  hands  of  treasurer $6,001.75 

Accounts  Due  to  the  Town — 

Reimbursement,  bounties 2.20 

Reimbursement,  forest  fires    31.42 

Unredeemed  Taxes — (From  Tax  sale 
on  account  of) 

Levy  of  1943 125.24 

Levy  of  1942 58.93 

Uncollected  Taxes — 

Levy  of  1944 1,769.32 

Levy  of  1943  67.60 

Levy  of  1942 8.30 

Previous  Years  ( 1941 )    8.00 

Total  Assets $8,172.76 


Grand  Total    $8,172.76 

Net  Surplus,  January  31,  1944 $2,006.71 

Net  Surplus,  December  31,  1944  . .  .       4,108.79 

Increase  of  Surplus   $2,102.08 


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SHEET 

LIABILITIES 


December  31,  1944 


Accounts  Owed  by  the  Town — 

Bills'  outstanding  (Withholding  Tax,  4th 

quarter)     $9.60 

Due  to  State : 

Special  $3.00  Poll  Taxes : 

Uncollected  —  due  State  when 

collected    387.00 

Due  to  School  Districts : 

Dog  licenses — 1944    57.60 

Balance  of  Appropriation   3,609.77 


Total  Liabilities    $4,063.97 

Excess  of  assets  over  liabilities  (Surplus)    4,108.79 


Grand  Total $8,172.76 


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UNIFORM 

RECEIPTS  AND 

Town  of  Auburn 

Current  Revenue : 

From  Local  Taxes : 

Total  taxes  committed 

to  collector,  1944  ...  $22,889.13 

Less       discounts      and 
abatements,   1944    275.95 

Less  uncollected,    1944       1,769.32 

Property  taxes,   current  year,   actu- 
ally collected   $19,265.86 

Poll  taxes,  current  year,  Regular  at 
$2.00,  actually  collected 618.00 

Poll  taxes,  current  year,  Special  at 
$3.00,  actually  collected 960.00 

•     Total  of  current  year's  collections $20,843.86 

Property  and  Poll  taxes,  previous  years,  actu- 
ally collected   1,119.69 

Tax  sales  redeemed 215.74 


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CLASSIFICATION 

PAYMENTS 

For  the  Year  Ended  December  31,  1944 

Current  Maintenance  Expenses : 

General  Government: 

Town  officers'  salaries   $1,140.60 

Town  officers'  expenses 663.21 

Election  and  registration  expenses  347.31 

Municipal  court  expenses 100.00 

Expenses  town  hall  and  other  town 

buildings     141.98 

Protection  of  Persons  and  Property : 

Police  department 52.50 

Fire  department,  forest  fires 101.08 

Fire  Dept— Volunteer  375.00 

Bounties     1.00 

Health : 

Vital  statistics   14.00 

Highways  and  Bridges : 
Town  Maintenance : 

Summer    $2,197.30 

Winter    1,036.83 


$3,234.13 

Street  lighting  990.70 

Tractor  repairs    296.47 

Bridges  and  Culverts   120.25 

Tarring  Maintenance   749.81 

Libraries : 

Libraries     100.00 


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UNIFORM 


RECEIPTS  AND 
From  State : 

For  Highways  and  Bridges : 

For  Class  V  Highway  maintenance 197.20 

Interest  and  dividend  tax 62.14 

Railroad  tax    7.41 

Savings  bank  tax   222.97 

Fighting  forest  fires 43.95 

From  Local  Sources,  Except  Taxes : 

Dog  licenses 62.00 

Filing  fees   5.00 

Fines  and  forfeits,  municipal  court 28.50 

Interest  received  on  taxes 33.31 

Registration     of     motor     vehicles,      1943-44 

Permits 560.28 

Registration     of     motor     vehicles,      1944-45 

Permits     2.48 


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CLASSIFICATION 

PAYMENTS 

Public  Welfare: 

Old  age  assistance 761.74 

Patriotic  Purposes : 

Memorial  Day  exercises 19.00 

Service   Flags    58.49 

Public  Service  Enterprises : 

Hydrants,  rental    245.00 

Town  Dump    60.80 

Cemeteries    75.00 

Unclassified : 

Taxes  bought  by  town 192.95 

Abatements  and  Refunds    2.48 


Total  Current  Maintenance  Expenses $10,108.71 


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UNIFORM 


RECEIPTS  AND 


Receipts  Other  than  Current  Revenue : 

Temporary  loans  in  anticipation  of  taxes  dur- 
ing year    $9,000.00 

Reimbursement   —   Grader    rental  660.75 

Reimbursement  —  Grader  edges  .  .  52.20 

Reimbursement  —  Snow  removal  11.00 

Reimbursement  —  Sale  of  gravel  42.74 

Total  Receipts  Other  than  Current  Revenue  $9,766.69 


Total  Receipts  From  All  Sources $33,171.22 

Cash  on  hand  February  1,  1944 6,373.66 

Grand  Total    $39,544.88 


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CLASSIFICATION 

PAYMENTS 

Interest : 

Paid  on  temporary  loans  in  antic- 
ipation of  taxes $111.00 

County  tax 7.92 

Total  Interest  Payments $118.92 

Indebtedness : 

Payments   on    temporary  loans   in 

anticipation  of  taxes $9,000.00 

Total  Indebtedness  Payments  $9,000.00 

Payments  to  Other  Governmental  Divisions : 
Special  Poll  Taxes,  at  $3.00,  paid 

to   State    $940.80 

Taxes  paid  to  County 2,374.30 

Payments  to  School  Districts 11,000.40 

Total    Payments    to    Other    Governmental 

Divisions     $14,315.50 

Total  Payments  for  all  Purposes $33,543.13 

Cash  on  hand  December  31,  1944 6.001.75 


Grand  Total    $39,544.88 


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CERTIFICATE 

This  is  to  certify  that  the  information  contained  in  this 
report  was  taken  from  official  records  and  is  complete  to  the 
best  of  our  knowledge  and  belief. 
February  10,  1945. 

JAMES  E.  STOCKLEY, 
GEORGE  A.  SELL, 

Selectmen  of  Auburn. 


AUDITORS'  CERTIFICATE 

We  have  examined  the  accounts  of  the  Selectmen,  Treas- 
urer, Tax  Collector,  Town  Clerk,  Library  Trustees,  Trust 
Fund  Trustees,  Highway  Agent,  Cemetery  Trustees,  Over- 
seer of  the  Poor  and  Forest  Fire  Warden  for1  the  fiscal  year 
ended  December  31,  1944,  and  find  them  correctly  cast  with 
proper  vouchers  for  all  disbursements. 
February  28,  1945. 

MARGARET  A.  GRIFFIN, 
AUGUSTUS  F.  DAVIS, 

Auditors, 


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TOWN  CLERK'S   FINANCIAL   REPORT 


Auburn,  N.  H.,  December  31,  1944. 

I  hereby  certify  that  I  have  issued  from  February  1,  1944 
to  December  31,  1944,  inclusive: 

284  1944  Auto  Permits,  amounting  to $560.28 

1   1945  Auto  Permit,  amounting  to 2.48 

1  also  certify  that  from  February  1,  1944  to  December  31, 
1944,  inclusive,  I  have  issued : 

3  spayed  female  dogs  for  1943,  at  $2.00 $6.00 

9  male  dogs  for  1944,  at  $2.00 18.00 

4  spayed  female  dogs  for  1944,  at  $2.00 8.00 

2  female  dogs  for  1944,  at  $5.00 10.00 

2  Kennel  licenses  for  1944,  at  $12.00 24.00 

20  Total  licenses                            Total  Received  $66.00 

Town  Clerk's  fee  at  $.20  per  license 4.00 


Total  Amount  due  Town   $62.00 

I  also  certify  that  from  February  1,  1944  to  December  31, 
for  1944. 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  above  report  is  correct  to  the  best 
of  my  knowledge. 


Attest 


NOEMA  F.  DAVIS, 

Town  Cleric. 


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TAX  COLLECTOR'S  REPORT 


Ending  December  31,  1944 

DEBITS 

1944  1943           1942            1941             1940 

Taxes    committed    to    Collector:         Levy  Levy           Levy           Levy           Levy 

Property   taxes    $20,454.38       $27.60  $.30      

Poll    taxes,    regular    $2.00            896.00  54.00         14.00         14.00           2.00 

Poll    taxes,     special     $3.00        1,392.00      

Added  warrants : 

Property   taxes    $81.75      

Poll  taxes,  regular  $2.00    .  .  26.00      

Poll    taxes,     special    $3.00  39.00      

Interest     collected     1.85  1.00            1.05            1.65              .75 

Total     Debits      $22,890.98  $82.60       $15.35       $15.65          $2.75 

CREDITS 

1944  1943           1942            1941            1940 

Remittances    to  Treasurer :                 Levy  Levy          Levy           Levy           Levy 

Property  taxes    $19,265.86      

Interest    collected    1.85  1.00           1.05           1.65              .75 

Poll    taxes,    regular    $2.00             618.00  14.00           6.00           6.00           2.00 

Poll     taxes,     special    $3.00  960.00      

Abatements       275.95       

Uncollected : 

Property   taxes     1,136.32  27.60  .30       

Poll    taxes,     regular     $2.00  246.00  40.00  8.00  8.00       

Poll    taxes,     special     $3.00  387.00      


Total    Credits    $22,890.98       $82.60       $15.35       $15.65         $2.75 

OMER  E.  BUREAU, 

Tax  Collector. 

SUMMARY  OF  TAX  SALES  ACCOUNTS 
As  of  December  31,  1944 

DEBITS 
Tax  Sale  on  Account  of  Levy  of : 

Taxes  sold  to  Town  of  Auburn    

Taxes  sold  to  others   

Interest    collected    after  sale    


Total    Debits 


CREDITS 
Remittances    to    Treasurer,    redemptions    .  .  .  . 

Abatements     

Deeded    to    Town    

Unredeemed   Taxes,    balance    


1943 

1942 

$192.95 

$232.24 

5.30 

14.02 

$198.25 

$246.26 

$73.01 

$87.33 

125.24 

158.93 

$198.25 

$246.26 

Total    Credits     

OMER  E.  BUREAU, 

Tax  Collector. 


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TAX  COLLECTOR'S  REPORT 


Ending  April  26,  1944 


DEBITS 

1943 

Levy 

Uncollected  balance,  Jan.  31,  1944   .  .      $1,158.65 

1942 

Levy 

$18.30 

.42 

1941 

Levy 
$14.00 

1940 
Levy 
$4.00 

Interest     collected      26.59 

Total    Debits       $1,197.24  $18.72      $14.00         $4.00 

CREDITS 

Remittances    to    Treasurer    $1,112.28         $4.42      $2.00 

Abatements    3.36      

Uncollected      81.60  14.30         14.00           2.00 


Total     Credits      $1,197.24       $18.72       $14.00         $4.00 

HERMAN  G.  FAR  WELL, 

Tax  Collector. 


SUMMARY  —  TAX  SALES  REDEMPTIONS 
January  31,  1944  to  April  26.  1944 

1942  1939 

Levy  Levy 

Taxes  redeemed  bv  Bert   Davis    $22.71  $21.41 

Interest,     12%      1.47  9.81 


Total    Debits     $24.18  $131.22 

Remittances   to    Treasurer    on    account    of    redemptions. 

Total    Credits    $55.40 


HERMAN  G.  FARWELL, 

Tax  Collector. 


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TREASURER'S  REPORT 


-    Receipts 

Cash  on  hand,  February  1,  1944  ....  $6,373.66 

Automobile  permits,  1944  560.28 

Automobile  permits,  1945   2.48 

Filing  fees    5.00 

Dog  licenses,  1943 5.40 

Dog  licenses,  1944   56.60 

Temporary  loans     9,000.00 

State    of    N.    H.,    Forest    fire    reim- 
bursement       43.95 

State  Highway  Dept.,  grader  rental  660.75 

Town  of  Chester,  snow  removal  ....  8.00 

State  of  N.  H.,  snow  removal 3.00 

State  of  N.  H.,  Interest  and  Dividend 

tax 64.12 

State  of  N.  H.,  Railroad  tax 7.41 

State  of  N.  H.,  Savings  bank  tax  . .  .  222.97 

Municipal  Court,  fines  and  costs  .  .  .  28.50 

State  of  N.  H.,  for  Class  V  highways  197.20 

State  of  N.  H.,  for  grader  edges  .  .  .  52.20 

Tax  list,  1940    4.00 

Tax  list,  1941    6.00 

Tax  list,  1942    10.00 

Tax  list,  1943    1,099.69 

Tax  list,  1944    20,843.86 

Tax  sale  redemptions  (1939)    31.22 

Tax  sale  redemptions  (1942)   111.51 

Tax  sale  redemptions  (1943)    73.01 

Interest  on  taxes 33.31 

Sale  of  gravel  42.74 

Total  Receipts  $39,544.88 


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Payments 

Total  amount  of  Selectmen's  orders 

paid   $33,543.13 

Cash  on  hand,  December  31,  1944    .  .       6,00175 


$39,544.88 

EDITH  B.  PRESTON, 

Treasurer. 


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DETAILED  STATEMENT  OF  PAYMENTS 


TOWN  OFFICERS'  SALARIES 

Selectmen — 

George  A.  Sell    $255.00 

James  E.  Stockley   200.00 

Robert  L.  Harris   69.60 

Wallace  E.  Delaware 16.50 

Town  Clerk — 

Norma  F.  Davis 93.25 

Tozvn  Treasurer — 

Edith  B.  Preston 50.00 

Tax  Collector — 

Herman  G.  Farwell   35.48 

Omer  E.  Bureau  420.77 

Total     $1,140.60 

TOWN  OFFICERS'  EXPENSES 

Selectmen — 

(Mileage,  tel.,  postage  and  minor  supplies.) 

George  A.  Sell $20.00 

James  E.  Stockley 75.00 

Robert  L.  Harris   15.25 

Town  Clerk — 

Norma  F.  Davis   8.17 

Town  Treasurer — 

Edith  B.  Preston 9.56 


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Tax  Collector — 

Herman  G.  Farwell  4.17 

Omer  E.  Bureau 30.39 

Auditors — 

Margaret  A.  Griffin   13.00 

Harvey  F.  Stowe   10.00 

Augustus  F.  Davis  13.00 

Misc  ellaneous — 

N.  H.  Assessors'  Ass'n.,  dues,  1945  2.00 
N.    E.    Tel.    Co.,   Civilian   defense 

(final  bill)    2.25 

Edson  C.  Eastman  Co.,  supplies  . .  16.94 

Clarke  Press,  Town  reports   200.00 

Goodman's  Bookstore,  supplies  ...  .60 
J.   E.   Stockley,  postage   for  town 

reports    6.00 

E.    H.    Griffin    Agency,    Insurance 

premium     . 84.25 

E.     H.    Griffin    Agency,    Officers' 

bonds     85.00 

Frank  B.  Nay,  reg.  records .10 

Brown  &  Saltmarsh,  supplies   ....  21.09 

Omer  E.  Bureau,  supplies 19.24 

Leon  W.  Robie,  Town  agent  per- 
ambulating  Auburn-Candia   line  20.00 
John  W.  Green,  reg.,  records  ....  7.20 


Total     ; . .        $663.21 

ELECTION  AND  REGISTRATION 

Town  Meeting — 

Eva  B.  Harris,  writing  check  lists  $10.00 

George  E.  Spofford,  moderator   .  .  6.00 

Norma  F.  Davis,  clerk 6.00 

Margaret  A.  Griffin,  election  officer  4.00 


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Eliz.  Bartholomew,  election  officer 
Esther  Emery,  election  officer  , 
Frances  Wood,  election  officer 
W.  E.  Delaware,  selectman  .  . 
George  A.  Sell,  selectman  .  .  . 
James  E.  Stockley,  selectman 
A.  N.  Sanborn,  supervisor  .  .  . 
Gertrude  M.  Nye,  supervisor 
Marion  E.  Preston,  supervisor 
Thos.  Fisher,  town  officers'  meals 
George  A.  Sell,  setting  booths 
Carl  Johnson,  setting  booths  . 
Clarke  Press,  printing  ballots 
Edson  C.  Eastman  Co.,  check  lists 


4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

14.40 

7.20 

14.40 

14.25 

4.00 

4.00 

8.00 

6.87 


Primary  Election — 

Eva  B.  Harris,  writing  check  lists 
George  E.  Spofford,  moderator  .  .  . 

Norma  F.  Davis,  clerk 

Eliz.  Bartholomew,  election  officer 
Margaret  A.  Griffin,  election  officer 
Frances  Wood,  election  officer 
Esther  Emery,  election  officer  . 
James  E.  Stockley,  selectman  . 
George  A.  Sell,  selectman  .... 
George  A.  Sell,  setting  booths 
Gertrude  M.  Nye,  supervisor  . 
Marion  E.  Preston,  supervisor 
A.  N.  Sanborn,  supervisor  .  .  . 
Turnpike  Tea  Room,  town  officers' 
meals     


$16.00 

6.00 

6.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

19.20 

19.20 

19.20 

11.15 


General  Election — 

Eva  B.  Harris,  writing  check  lists  $10.00 

Marion  E.  Preston,  supervisor  .  .  .  13.00 

A.  N.  Sanborn,  supervisor 13.00 

Gertrude  M.  Nye,  supervisor  ....  13.00 


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Richard      E.      Preston,      officers' 

meals     

George  E.  Spofford,  moderator   .  . 

Norma  F.  Davis,  clerk 

Margaret  A.  Griffin,  election  officer 
Eliz.  Bartholomew,  election  officer 
Esther  Emery,  election  officer 
Frances  Wood,  election  officer 
George  A.  Sell,  selectman  . .  . 
James  E.  Stockley,  selectman 
George  A.  Sell,  setting  booths 
Carl  Emery,  officers'  meals  .  . 


3.04 

6.00 

6.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

4.00 

7.40 

Total 


$347.31 


MUNICIPAL  COURT 


Municipal  Court  Justice — 
James  E.  Stockley,  salary 


$100.00 


TOWN  HALL  AND  OTHER  TOWN  BUILDINGS 


Toztm  Hall — 

Alexandre  Lamy,  1944  rental $60.00 

Police  Station — 

Public  Service  Co.,  lights   11.00 

E.  H.  Griffin  Agency,  insurance  .  .  12.00 
J.    J.    Moreau    and     Son,    repair 

material    18.28 

West    Side    Lumber    Co.,    repair 

material     14.58 

John  Gilibert,  material  and  repairs  26.12 

Total     $141. 


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PROTECTION  OF  PERSONS  AND  PROPERTY 

Police  Department — 

Harvey  F.  Stowe,  police  officer,  1944  services  $52.50 

Volunteer  Fire  Department — 

1944  appropriation  $375.00 

Forest  Fire  Department — 

Fred  C.  Stacy,  acting  warden $101.08 

Bounties — 

Carl  Emery    $.50 

Pauline   Glidden    .50 

Total     $1.00 

HEALTH 

Vital  Statistics — 

Norma  F.  Davis,  town  clerk,  recording $14.00 

HIGHWAYS  AND  BRIDGES 

T.  R.  A.,  (Town's  share)    $265.21 

(State  contributed  $1,060.82) 

Town  Maintenance — 

Summer  Roads   $2,197.30 

Winter  Roads   1,036.83 

Bridges  and  culverts 120.25 

Tarring     749.81 

Tractor  repairs   296.47 


Street  Lig\ 

Public  Service  Co.  of  N.  H $950.53 

Derry  Electric  Co 40.17 

Total     $990.70 


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LIBRARIES 

Library  Trustees — 

1944  appropriation    $100.00 

PUBLIC  WELFARE 

Old  Age  Assistance — 

State  Dept.  of  Public  Welfare,   1944,  town's 
share   $76174 

PATRIOTIC  PURPOSES 

Memorial  Day  Exercises — 

Margaret  A.  Griffin,  treasurer  . .  .  $10.00 

Ruth  Allen,  music 3.00 

Pearl  Bennett,  music   3.00 

John  R.  Ryans,  services   3.00 

Total   $19.00 

Serine e  Flags — 

Marion  E.  Preston,  expense $4.50 

John  Gilibert,  material  and  labor  .  53.99 

Total     $58.49 

PUBLIC  SERVICE  ENTERPRISES 

Cemeteries — 

Cemetery  trustees,  1944  appropriation $75.00 

Hydrants — 

Manchester  Water  Works,  1944  rental $245.00 


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Town  Dump — 

Henry  A.  Sell,  1944-45  rental  ....  $35.00 
C.     E.     Emery,     foreman,     main- 
tenance      25.80 

Total     $60.80 

UNCLASSIFIED 

Refunds  and  Abatements — 

Wm.  Fraser,  car  tax  refund $2.48 

Taxes  bought  by  Town — 

1944  Tax  sale  $192.95 

INTEREST 

Rockingham  National  Bank : 

Interest  on  temporary  loan  in 
anticipation  of  taxes  for  1944, 
($9,000  at  iy2%)    $111.00 

Earl  Stockbridge,  Treasurer: 

Interest  on  county  tax 7.92 

Total     $118.92 

INDEBTEDNESS  PAYMENTS 

Rockingham  National  Bank : 

Temporary  loan  in  anticipation  of  1944  taxes     $9,000.00 

PAYMENTS  TO  OTHER  GOVERNMENTAL 
DIVISIONS 

Earl  J.  Stockbridge,  Treasurer : 

1944  County  tax  $2,374.30 


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School  District : 

Balance  due,  1943-44  appropriation  $5,925.00 

On  account,  1944-45  appropriation  5,000.00 

1943  dog  tax,  (less  costs)    75.40 

Total     $11,000.40 

Treasurer,  State  of  N.  H. — 

Special  $3.00  poll  tax  collections,  (less  costs)        $940.80 

Total  Payments  for  all  purposes $33,543.13 


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HIGHWAY  DEPARTMENT 


SUMMER  ROADS 


March  —  1944 


C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $22.50 

C.  E.  Emery,  car 2.00 

George  Bartholomew,  labor    4.20 

Richard  Preston,  labor 4.80 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 4.20 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  gas 1.68 

Total     $39.38 

April  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $62.20 

C.  E.  Emery,  car  3.50 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 19.60 

George  Bartholomew,  labor   1.80 

J.  L.  Munhall.  labor  .' 4.80 

John  R.  Ryans,  labor 12.30 

Mrs.  Hale,  treasurer,  barn  lights  .  .  .  2.00 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  gas 10.56 

Gulf  Oil  Corp.,  oil   11.00 

Total    $127.76 

May—  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $77.50 

C.  E.  Emery,  car    2.00 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 9.80 

John  R.  Ryans,  labor 29.40 

J.  L.  Munhall,  labor 13.20 


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Benjamin  Eaton  ,labor 1-00 

C.  E.  Stacy,  truck 1.40 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  gas 16.82 

H.  P.  Brown,  gas    5.49 

Ida  Levesque,  gas 3.14 

Ferry  St.  Garage,  gas   670 

T.  Waterhouse,  gas   1-93 

Paul  Atwood,  gas 4.46 

Camire  Service  Station,  gas  3.07 

Win.  E.  Palmer,  gas   3.00 

Total   $178.91 


•  June  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman   $36.20 

C.  E.  Emery,  car 2.00 

Forrest  Brown,  labor  8.40 

Henry  A.  Smith,  labor 8.40 

John  Allen,  labor   4.80 

John  R.  Ryans,  labor 4.80 

R.  C.  Hazelton,  edges   52.20 

Rice's,  repairs   5.00 

Gulf  Oil  Corp.,  grease 2.37 

J.  R.  Frost,  gas 3.05 

John  Napier,  gas    2  10 

G.  Greenwood,  gas    2.99 

L.  Rand,  gas  5.06 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  gas  and  supplies  10.65 

Varney  Station,  gas  3.20 

Esso  Station,  gas   4.08 

Tobin's  Station,  gas   2.79 

Shugrue's  Garage,  gas  14.32 

Thos.  Fisher,  gas   3.23 

H.  P.  Brown,  gas  8.45 

Total     $184-09 


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July  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $64.60 

C.  E.  Emery,  car  3.50 

J.  T.  Davis,  labor 1.20 

John  R.  Ryans,  labor 26.70 

George  A.  Sell,  labor 2.40 

Fred  Schlaugh,  labor 3.00 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  gas  and  supplies  5.74 

H.  P.  Brown,  gas 6.34 

Total   $113.48 

August  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $104.50 

C.  E.  Emery,  car  and  telephone   . .  .  12.00 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 5.60 

John  R.  Ryans,  labor 15.40 

Richard  E.  Preston,  labor 3.00 

George  Bartholomew,  labor 3.90 

Forrest  Brown,  labor .60 

H.  E.  Netch,  repairs 3.00 

Walter  Marsh,  labor .60 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  gas  and  supplies  24.36 

Andrew  Gordon,  tractor  mower  ....  132.50 

R.  C.  Hazelton,  labor  and  supplies  .  .  8.95 

H.  P.  Brown,  gas 3.17 

Total     $317.58 

September  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $54.30 

C.  E.  Emery,  car  2.75 

John  R.  Ryans,  labor 10.80 

Miner  Preston,  labor  .60 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 9.50 


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J.  T.  Davis,  labor -60 

Frank  Seavey,  truck 1-40 

Elmer  Allen,  labor  -60 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  gas 2.10 

Clement's.  Station,  gas  18-40 

H.  P.  Brown,  gas H-61 

E.  A.  Israel,  gas  3.23 

Total  $H5.89 

October  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $51.80 

C.  E.  Emery,  car  and  telephone 8.00 

Thomas  Clair,  welding 9.00 

Jenness  Brown,  labor    10.80 

John  R.  Ryans,  labor 16-60 

Rice's,  repairs   3.25 

Mrs.    Carl    Emery,    treasurer,    barn 

lights     4.00 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 4.20 

R.  C.  Hazelton,  repairs   87.00 

Gulf  Oil  Corp.,  oil  H-00 

H.  P.  Brown,  gas -  •  5.28 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  gas  and  supplies  29.90 

R.  E.  Webber,  power  shovel 16.00 

Auto   Electric   Service    Co.,  supplies  7.92 

Total     $26475 

November  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $99.50 

C.  E.  Emery,  car  and  telephone 14.50 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 33.60 

Malcolm  Wood,  tractor  operator  .  .  .  22.20 

Jenness  Brown,  labor 42.70 

F.  C.  Stacy,  labor 17-20 


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John  R.  Ryans,  labor 18.40 

Carl  Johnson,  labor 1.20 

Forrest  Brown,  labor 1.50 

R.  E.  Webber,  power  shovel 130.00 

R.  E.  Webber,  trucks 141.00 

A.  J.  Laroche,  truck   55.20 

R.  Mansfield,  truck  21.60 

A.  Brien,  gravel    56.65 

H.  P.  Brown,  gas 11.41 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  gas  and  supplies  15.40 

E.  A.  Misiazck,  truck  43.20 

Fred  Andrews,  truck 37.80 

Oliver  Mitchell,  truck 48.30 

Andrew  Gordon,  truck 18.90 

Total     $830.26 

U.  S.  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue,  withholding 

tax  deductions 25.20 

Total,  Summer  Roads    $2,197.30 

WINTER  ROADS 

February  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $93.30 

C.  E.  Emery,  car 7.50 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 164.60 

C.  E.  Stacy,  truck 100.00 

Walter  Marsh,  labor 12.60 

Thomas  Clair,  welding 4.00 

Richard  E.  Preston,  labor 20.70 

George  Bartholomew,  labor 15.00 

H.  W.  Parker,  salt 36.00 

R.  C.  Hazelton,  supplies  73.67 

Pleasant  St.  Mach.  Co.,  welding  ....  2.50 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  supplies    3.84 

Total     $533.71 


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March  —  1944 

C  E.  Emery,  foreman $66.70 

C.  E.  Emery,  car  and  telephone  ....  15.20 

George  Bartholomew,  labor 6.90 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 20.30 

Walter  Marsh,  labor   7.20 

Carl  Emery,  truck   1 1.20 

Thomas  Clair,  welding .75 

Richard  E.  Preston,  labor 6.00 

H.  P.  Brown,  gas 3.17 

H.  W.  Parker  Co.,  salt 18.00 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  supplies  .65 

Total    $156.07 

April  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $4.50 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 4.20 

C.  E.  Stacy,  truck   4.20 

Total $12.90 

August  —  1944 

Manchester  Sand  and  Gravel  Co. : 

(December  bills  for  sand)    $10.12 

November  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman  $8.80 

C.  E.  Emery,  car 1.00 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 17.60 

Richard  E.  Preston,  labor 1.80 


Total   $29.20 


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December  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $72.60 

C.  E.  Emery,  car 9.50 

Jenness  Brown,  labor 3.00 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 80.90 

Walter  Marsh,  labor 1.20 

George  Bartholomew,  labor   8.40 

D.  McDonald,  truck 35.00 

Richard  E.  Preston,  labor 3.00 

Clarence  Newcomb,  labor   3.00 

Miner  Preston,  labor   8.40 

H.  P.  Brown,  gas 3.17 

H.  W.  Parker  Co.,  salt 34.80 

R.  C.  Hazelton,  repairs 5.65 

Rice's,  battery  and  repairs 6.75 

F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  gas 3.95 

J.  B.  Varick  Co.,  supplies  4.51 

Total   $283.83 

U.  S.  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue,  withholding 

tax  deductions     11 .00 

Total,  Winter  Roads $1,036.83 


BRIDGES  AND  CULVERTS 
April  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $4.05 

George  A.  Sell,  truck  6.30 

Hume  Pipe  Co.,  culvert  pipe   20.40 

Total     $30.75 

August  —  1944 
C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $10.80 


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George  A.  Sell,  truck 8.40 

Hume  Pipe  Co.,  culvert  pipe   6.80 

Total     $26.00 

September  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $8.10 

C.  E.  Emery,  car 1.00 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 5.20 

John  R.  Ryans,  labor 3.00 

Roy  Davis,  labor 3.60 

Total     $20.90 

November  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman    $5.40 

George  A.  Sell,  truck 8.40 

Jenness  Brown,  labor 3.60 

Total     $17.40 

December  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $12.60 

C.  E.  Emery,  car 3.00 

Jenness  Brown,  labor 9.60 

Total   $25.20 

Total,  Bridges  and  Culverts   $120.25 

TRACTOR  REPAIRS 

April  —  1944 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $32.00 

R.  C.  Hazelton,  labor  and  supplies  .  .  262.27 

Total     $294.27 


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U.  S.  Collector  of  Internal  Revenue,  withholding 

tax  deductions  2.20 

Total,  Tractor  Repairs    $296.47 

TARRING  ACCOUNT 

State  Treasurer,  (Road  Surface  treat- 
ment by  State  Highway  Dept.)  ..        $210.63 

State  Treasurer  (Road  Surface  treat- 
ment in  conjunction  with  T.  R.  A.)  539.18 
(T.  R.  A.  overdraft) 

Total,  tarring  Account $749.81 

T.  R.  A.  ACCOUNT 

Apportionment  paid  by  State $1,060.82 

Apportionment  paid  by  Town   265.00 

Total  T.  R.  A.  Expenditures $1,326.03 

TOWN  DUMP  MAINTENANCE 

C.  E.  Emery,  foreman $2.70 

R.  L.  Harris,  labor 1.80 

Walter  Marsh,  labor 1.80 

George  Sell,  truck 9.60 

Fred  Andrews,  truck  6.30 

George  Bartholomew,  labor 3.60 

Total   $25.80 

Henry  A.  Sell,  1944-45  rental 35.00 

Total,  Town  dump  maintenance   $60.80 


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FINANCIAL  REPORT  OF  FOREST  FIRE  WARDEN 


RECEIPTS 

Cash  on  hand,  February  1,  1944  ...  .  $4.00 

From  Town  of  Auburn 101.08 


PAYMENTS 

E.  \Y.  Smith  fire— 4-10-44 $10.02 

Severance  grove  fire — 6-10-44 11.77 

Sanborn  fire— 6-10-44   9.47 

Water  Works  fire— 6-10-44   41.60 

Overhead  bridge  fire— 8-8-44  25.30 

Goode   fire— 11-17-44    6.92 


$105.08 


$105.08 

F.  C.  STACY, 
Acting  Fire  Warden. 


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MUNICIPAL  COURT 


Total  amount,  fines  and  costs  received $249.10 

Paid: 

Edith  B.  Preston,  Town  Treasurer, 

town  fines  and  costs $28.50 

State   Motor   Vehicle   Dept,   fines 

and  costs    92.30 

State   Fish   &    Game   Dept.,    fines 

and  costs    105.10 

Witness?  and  Sheriff  fees   23.20 

Total  Payments    $249.10 

JAMES  E.  STOCKLEY, 
Justice. 


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AUBURN  VILLAGE  CEMETERY  TRUSTEES 


For  the  Year  Ending  December  31,  1944 

RECEIPTS 

Amount  in  treasury,  January  31,  1944: 

In  Amoskeag  Savings  Bank $292.13 

Sale  of  lots:   Seavey,   Sell,   Chick  90.00 

Town  of  Auburn,  N.  H 75.00 

Interest  to  January  1,  1945 5.78 


$462.91 
EXPENDITURES 

May  11-May  27  Robert  Harris,  labor  $21.90 

June     8     F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  seeds, 

pail    6.00 

June  22     Robert  Harris,  labor   ....  8.10 

June  22     Robert  Harris,  tractor  ...  21.00 

Dec.  16  F.  H.  Prescott  Co.,  sup- 
plies       9.80 

Dec.    18     Walter     Marsh,     mowing, 

tractor,  and  labor   ....  87.00 

$153.80 
Balance  on  hand  January  1,  1945 $309.11 


$462.91 


MARION  E.  PRESTON, 

Treasurer. 


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REPORT  OF  TREASURER  OF  LIBRARY  TRUSTEES 


RECEIPTS 

Cash  on  hand,  February  1,  1944  ...  .  $10.17 

From   Town,    1944.    (appropriation)  100.00 

From  Trust  Fund  Trustees 49.15 

Total   $159.32 

PAYMENTS 

Librarian    $26.50 

Wood    5.00 

Books  and  Magazines 125.00 

Total  payments   $156.50 

Cash  on  hand,  January  1,  1944 2.82 

Total     $159.32 

MARGARET  A.  GRIFFIN, 

Treasurer. 


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BOOKS  ADDED  TO  GRIFFIN  FREE  PUBLIC 
LIBRARY,  1944 


Bedford  Village  Allen 

Look  Dowri  from  Heaven  Babson 

Latchstring  Out   ' Baner 

Fair  Stood  the  Wind  for  France Bates 

Hearts  Haven   Bassett 

The  Bolinvars  Bayliss 

Sarah  and  I Brockway 

Your  Kids  and  Mine Brown 

The  Promise   Buck 

Calebs  Luck   Credle 

God  in  a  Battle  Wagon Claypool 

Sleep  No  More   Coge 

Fonrways Colver 

They  Dare  not  Go  a-Hunting Cornell 

A  Sense  of  Humus Damon 

Sunrise   Duffield 

U.  S.  S.  R.  Story  of  Soviet  Russia Duranty 

Scuttlebutt  Goes  to  War  . Follett 

Dirigo  Point   Foster 

Thundering  Trail Fox 

Wilderness  Trek  Grey 

Earth  and  High  Heaven Graham 

Some  of  My  Best  Friends  arc  Soldiers  Halsey 

Student  Nurse   Hancock 

Visiting  Nurse   Harris 

More  Than  Conqueror Hill 

Time  of  the  Singing  of  Birds Hill 

Tomahawk    Hinkle 

Battle  Report Karig  &  Kellcy 

Convent  Boarding  School   Kenny 

Darkness  of  Slumber Kutak 


50 


Bugles  in  her  Heart Larrimore 

Rusty  Guns   Lomax 

Susan  Merton  on  the  Home  Front Logan 

Keepers  of  the  Faith Loring 

Dozvn  North MacDonald 

The  Queen  was  in  the  Kitchen McVicker 

Eisenhower    Miller 

The  Colonel's  Lady Montgomery 

Anything  Can  Happen  Papashvily- 

No  Gift  from  Chance  Pedler 

Poems  of  Childhood Riley 

Building  of  Jalna Roche 

Beach  Patrol  Rogers 

Damned  to  Glory  Scott 

Dr.  Ellison's  Decision  Seifert 

Cluny  Broztm  Sharp 

Tarawa  Sherrod 

Pastoral    Shute 

The  Two  Mrs.  Abbotts Stevenson 

Gail  Gardner  Wins  her  Cap Sutton 

Growing  Up Thirkell 

Dezvey    Walker 

The  Heart  of  New  Hampshire Weggandt 

Invasion   Wertenbaker 

Our  Navy's  Striking  Power Winans- 


Magazines 


Good  Housekeeping 
National  Geographic 
Popular   Mechanics 
Readers  Digest 


Gifts 


Troubadour 
Rosecrucian  Digest 
N.  H.  State  Records 


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GIFT  BOOKS 

Connecticut  Yankee Cross 

The  Way  We  Wash  our  Clothes Ahem 

Circulation:  1,322. 

MARGARET  GRIFFIN,  Librarian. 

JUVENILE 

JVhitefoot,  the  Wood  Mouse Burgess 

Buster  Bear's  Twin Burgess 

Lightfoot,  the  Deer Burgess 

Blacky,  the  Crow Burgess 

Rab  and  His  Friends Brown 

The  Adventures  of  Danny  Mcadozv  Mouse Burgess 

The  Adventures  of  Peter  Cottontail Burgess 

The  Adventures  of  Bobby  Coon   Burgess 

The  Adventures  of  Johnny  Chuck Burgess 

On  the  Farm   Duncan 

J.  Cole Gellibrand 

The  Bobbsey  Twins  Keeping  House Hope 

New  Hampshire  for  Young  Folks Johnson 

Nancy's  Mysterious  Letter Keene 

The  Message  in  the  Hollow  Oak Keene 

Tramp,  the  Sheep  Dog  Lang 

Animals  for  Me Lenski 

Ail-Time  Tales   Lewis 

At  the  Back  of  the  North  Wind MacDonald 

The  Story  Book  of  Silk Petersham 

The  Story  Book  of  Clothes    Petersham 

Beautiful  Stories  of  the  Bible Pollard 

Whitey  Looks  for  a  Job  Rounds 

Favorite  Psalms  for  Children Stern 

The  Fairy  of  Intra Spyri 

Jorli Spyri 

Peppino   Spyri 

The  Mark  on  the  Mirror Sutton 

Cherry  Ames,  Sr.,  Nurse Wells 

Cherry  Ames,  Army  Nurse Wells 

Yanks  in  Action Wonsetler 


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SCHOOL  DISTRICT 


Annual  Reports 

of  the 

SUPERINTENDENT,  SCHOOL  BOARD 
AND  SCHOOL  TREASURER 

of  the 

TOWN  OF  AUBURN 

for  the  year 

July  1,  1943,  to  June  30,  1944 

Together  with 

School  Board's  Budget 

for  the  Fiscal  Year 

July  1,  1945,  to  June  30,  1946 


56 


AUBURN  SCHOOL  DISTRICT 


Moderator 
OMER  E.  BUREAU 

Clerk 
IDA  J.  DAVIS 

Treasurer 
IDA  J.  DAVIS 

School  Board 
HERMELINE  LALIBERTE,  Chairman 
OLIVE  SARGENT 

MARY  B.  B  RAM  HALL 

Superintendent   of  Schools 

EVERTON  H.  PARKINSON 

Residence,   Derry ;  Office  Telephone  195 

School  Nurse 

MARGARET  CRONIN,  R.  N. 

Residence,   424    Cedar   Street,    Manchester 

Residence  Telephone  4491 

Teachers 
Name,   School,  Address 
Mary  Jamrog,  Auburn  Village  1-4,  Manchester  R.F.D.  1. 
Ursula  Jensen,  Auburn  Village  5-8,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Evelyn  Conway,  Severance  1-4,  Manchester,  N.  H. 
Adela  Pinas,  Severance  5-8,  Manchester,  N.  H. 


57 


SCHOOL  CALENDAR 


September  1944  —  June  1945 

1944 
First  Period : 

Opens  Wednesday,  Sept.  6;  Closes  Wednesday,  Nov.  22. 
Second  Period : 

Opens  Monday,  Nov.  27 ;  Closes  Friday,  Dec.  22. 

1945 
Third  Period: 

Opens  Tuesday,  Jan.  2;  Closes  Friday,  Feb.  16. 
Fourth  Period : 

Opens  Monday,  Feb.  26;  Closes  Friday,  April  20. 
Fifth  Period : 

Opens  Monday,  April  30 ;  Closes  at  the  end  of  180  teaching 
days. 

September  1945  —  June  1946 

1945 
First  Period  : 

Opens  Wednesday,  Sept.  5;  Clses  Wednesday,  Nov.  21. 
Second  Period : 

Opens  Monday,  Nov.  26 ;  Closes  Thursday,  Dec.  20. 

1946 
Third  Period : 

Opens  Wednesday,  Jan.  2;  Closes  Thursday,  Feb.  21.    . 
Fourth  Period : 

Opens  Monday,  Mar.  4;  Closes  Friday,  April  19. 
Fifth  Period: 

Opens  Monday,  April  29  ;  Closes  at  the  end  of  180  teaching 
days. 


58 


SCHOOL  WARRANT 


THE  STATE  OF  NEW  HAMPSHIEE 

To  the   Inhabitants    of  the  School  District   in  the  Town  of 

Auburn,  N.  H.,  qualified  to  vote  in  district  affairs: 

You  are  hereby  notified  to  meet  at  the  Massabesic  Lake 
Inn  Hall,  in  said  district,  on  the  24th  day  of  March,  1945, 
at  1  :30  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  to  act  upon  the  following 
subjects : 

1.  To  choose  a  Moderator  for  the  coming  year. 

2.  To  choose  a  Clerk  for  the  ensuing  year. 

3.  To  choose  a  member  of  the  School  Board  for  the  en- 
suing three  years. 

4.  To  choose  a  Treasurer  for  the  ensuing  year. 

5.  To  determine  and  appoint  the  salaries  of  the  School 
Board  and  Truant  Officer,  and  fix  the  compensation  of  any 
other  officer  or  agent  of  the  district. 

6.  To  hear  the  reports  of  Agents,  Auditors,  Committees 
or  officers  chosen  and  pass  any  vote  relating  thereto. 

7.  To  choose  Agents,  Auditors,  and  Committees  in  rela- 
tion to  any  subject  embraced  in  this  Warrant. 

8.  To  see  if  the  district  will  vote  to  make  any  alteration 
in  the  amount  of  money  required  to  be  assessed  for  the 
ensuing  year  for  the  support  of  public  schools  and  the  pay- 
ment of  the  statutory  obligations  of  the  district,  as  deter- 
mined by  the  School  Board  in  its  annual  report. 

9.  To  transact  any  other  business  that  may  legally  come 
before  said  meeting. 


59 

Given  under  our  hands  at  said  Auburn  this  15th  day  of 
February,  1945. 

HERMELINE  LALIBERTE, 
OLIVE  R.  SARGENT, 
MARY  B.  BRAMHALL, 

School  Board. 

A  true  copy  of  Warrant — Attest : 

HERMELINE  LALIBERTE, 
OLIVE  R.  SARGENT, 
MARY  B.  BRAMHALL, 

School  Board. 


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BUDGET 

Payments 

Item  App.  for  Proposed  for 

1944-46  1945-46 
Support  of  Schools : 

Teachers'  salaries   $4,500.00  $4,768.84 

Text  books    135.22  143.64 

Scholars'  supplies   20072  187.92 

Flags  5.00  5.00 

Other  expenses  of  instruction  ....  20.00  20.00 

Janitor's  salary    190.00  190.00 

Fuel    550.00  550.00 

Water,   light   and   janitor  supplies  100.00  100.00 

Minor  repairs    300.00  200.00 

Medical  inspection 280.80  280.00 

Transportation    1,860.00  1,805.00 

Tuition  —  high  school 2,900.00  2,900.00 

Other  Statutory  Obligations: 

Salaries  of  district  officers 176.00  176.00 

Superintendent's  excess  salary   .  .  .  152.61  152.63 

Truant  officer  and  census 20.00  20.00 

Expenses  of  administration 85.00  100  00 

Per  capita  tax  ..  . 4       306.00  296.00 

Insurance 125.00  125.00 

Debt    1,000.00  1,000.00 

Interest  on  debt  . 125.00  100.00 

Total  expenses    $13,031.35  $13,120.00 


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Income : 

Cash  on  hand  June  30 $1,500.00  $1,000.00 

State  aid    2,871.58  2,871.58 

Dog  tax    50.00  50.00 

Total  estimated  income $4,421.58  $3,921.58 

Estimated  payments   $13,031.35  $13,120.03 

Estimated  income  4,421.58  3,921.58 

Tax  levy , $8,609.77  $9,198.45 


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FINANCIAL   STATEMENT 


July  1,  1943  to  June  30,  1944 

INCOME 

Cash  on  hand  July  1,  1943 $1,286.51 

Tax  levy    9,837.75 

State  aid    2,871.58 

Dog  tax    133.80 

Sale  of  property  27.86 


$14,157.50 


PAYMENTS 
Support  of  Schools: 

Teachers'  salaries   $4,310.79 

Text  books 121.58 

Scholars'  supplies   91.89 

Janitor  service     180.45 

Fuel    442.27 

Water,  light  and  janitor  supplies  .  90.61 

Minor  repairs    381.15 

Health  supervision   253.51 

Transportation     1,860.00 

Tuition  - —  high  school 1,900.00 

Other  Statutory  Obligations: 

Salaries  of  district  officers 145.00 

Superintendent's  excess  salary  .  .  .  152.61 

Truant  officers  and  census 16.10 

Expenses  of  administration 86.11 

Per  capita  tax   320.00 

Insurance    252  50 


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Payment  on  debt 1,000.00 

Interest  on  debt 150.00 

Total  payments   $11,754.57 


Cash  on  hand  June  30,  1944 $2,402.93 


This  is  to  certify  that  I  have  examined  the  books  and  other 
financial  records  of  the  school  board  of  Auburn  of  which  this 
is  a  true  summary  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1944, 
and  find  them  correctly  cast  and  properly  vouched. 

MERTIE  C.  PRESTON, 

Auditor. 


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ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  DISTRICT  TREASURER. 


For  Fiscal  Year  Ending  June  30,  1944 
School  District  of  Auburn,  N.  H. 

Cash  on  hand,  June  30,  1943  (Treasurer's  bank 

balance)    $1,286.51 

Received  from  Selectmen,  appropriation  for  cur- 
rent year    9,837.75 

Received  from  State  Treasurer,  (State  Aid)   ...  2,871.58 

Received  from  Selectmen,  dog  tax 133.80 

Received  from  all  other  sources 27.86 


Total  amount  available  for  fiscal  year $14,157.50 

Less  School  Board  orders  paid 11,754.57 


Balance  on  hand,  as  of  June  30,  1944 $2,402.93 

(Treasurer's  bank  balance) 

IDA  J.  DAVIS, 
School  District  Treasurer. 


AUDITOR'S  CERTIFICATE 


This  is  to  certify  that  I  have  examined  the  books,  banle 
statements  and  other  financial  records  of  the  treasurer  of  the 
school  district  of  Auburn,  N.  H.,  of  which  the  above  is  a 
true  summary  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1944,  and 
find  them  correct  in  all  respects. 

MERTIE  C.  PRESTON, 

Auditor. 


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HEPORT  OF  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  SCHOOLS 


To  the  Auburn  School  Board : 

I  herewith  submit  my  third  annual  report  as  superin- 
tendent of  schools  in  Auburn. 

STATISTICAL  REPORTS 
Enrollment 

The  total  enrollment  for  grades  one  through  eight  for  the 
period  ending  January  31,  1945  was  103,  as  compared  to  122 
for  the  same  date  last  year,  and  115  two  years  ago. 

The  membership  by  school  and  grades  as  of  January  31, 
1945  follows 

School                                      Grades  Total 

12      3      4      5      6      7      8 

Village                       98395528  49 

Severance                  9667       5       610       5  54 

Total  18     14      9     16     10     11     12     13       103 

The  number  of  Auburn  pupils  who  were  in  high  school 
on  January  31,  1945,  were: 

School                                                          Grades  Total 

9     10     11     12 

Manchester  Central                                   8       6       14  19 

Pinkerton  Academy                                   1      1 

Total                                                 9      6       14  20 

Statistics  for  the  School  Year  Ending  June  30,  1944 

Total  registration   127 

Half  days  schools  were  in  session 355.5 

Average    membership    108.349 


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Average  attendance 101.807 

Per  cent  of  attendance   94.035 

Pupils  not  absent  nor  tardy 5 

Cases  of  tardiness 69 

Non-resident  pupils    0 

•Pupils  transported  at  district  expense 45 

Number  of  pupils  promoted 102 

Number  of  pupils  not  promoted 6 

Per  cent  not  promoted   .05 

Attendance  Honor  Roll 

The  pupils  who  were  neither  absent  nor  tardy   for  the 
school  year  September  1943  to  June  1944  were: 

Village —  Severance — 

Grade  7   :  Grade  4  : 

Davis,  Phyllis  Dionne,  Constance 

Eaton,  Theresa  Grade  6   : 

Chick,  Lucille 
Laliberte,  Jacqueline 

Census  Returns,  September  30,  1944 

Number  of  resident  children  5  to  16  in  local  schools  106 

Number  5  to  16  in  high  school  17 

Number    5   to    16   in    elementary    schools    outside 

district     4 

Total  number  5  to  16  in  some  school 127 

Number  5  to  8  not  in  school 5 

Number  8  to  14  not  in  school 1 

Number  14  to  16  not  in  school  2 

Total  number  of  children  5  to  16  not  in  school  ....  8 

Total  number  of  resident  children,  Sept.  30,  1944  135 

Total  number  of  resident  children,  Sept.  30,  1943  141 


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On  Tuesday  evening,  June  13,  1944,  diplomas  were 
awarded  the  following  boys  and  girls  who  had  completed 
the  work  of  the  first  eight  grades. 


Severance  School — 

Donnelly,  Ruth 
Johnson,  Gloria  A. 
Laliberte,  Lorraine  A. 
Nye,  Ethel 
Werzanski,  Margaret 


I  lllage  School — 

Brien,  Philip 
Coutinho,  Alice 
Guinesso,  Eva  L. 
Hines,  John  E. 
Nixon,  Dorothy  I. 
Preston,  Theda 
Seavev.  Doris  E. 


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AUBURN  SCHOOL  HEALTH  REPORT 


September  1943  —  June  1944 


No.  of 
pupils 
affected 

Number  of  pupils  examined  . .  123 

Number  of  pupils  underweight  5 

Number  of  defective  vision  ...  4 

Number  of  defective  hearing  .  .  3 

Number  orthopedic  defects  ...  2 

Number  defective  teeth   55 

Number  diseased  tonsils 2 

Number  defective  speech 2 

Communicable  diseases : 

Chicken-pox     22 

Measles  12 

Home  visits   52 

School  visits 125 


No. 
receiving 
treatment 


No.  of 
defects 
corrected 


10 


92  Pupils  were  given  audiometer  test.   3  pupils  were  found 
to  have  some  hearing  loss. 

251    Pupils    were    given    the    Patch   Test    —   4    positive 
reactors.   3  Chest  X-rays  show  no  active  disease. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

MARGARET  E.  CRONIN,  R.  N. 

School  Nurse. 


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Organization  and  Administration 

The  schools  of  Auburn  felt  the  impact  of  our  war  econ- 
omy more  seriously  than  heretofore.  The  resignation  of 
Mrs.  Eileen  Harris  necessitated  the  hiring  of  a  new  teacher 
for  the  grammar  grades  at  the  Village  School.  Miss  Mary 
Jamrog  was  transferred  to  the  Village  School  and  Miss 
Adela  Pinas  and  Miss  Evelyn  Conway  to  Severance,  Miss 
Ruth  Napier  continued  as  music  supervisor.  The  town  is 
fortunate  to  retain  the  services  of  these  experienced  teachers. 
Small  graduating  classes  from  teachers  colleges,  normai 
withdrawals  from  teaching  and  additional  withdrawals  in 
excess  of  normal  due  to  war  time  conditions  are  factors 
which  are  making  more  difficult  the  problem  of  securing 
teacher  replacements.  It  is  probable  that  this  condition  will 
continue  for  several  years. 

An  additional  source  of  difficulty  due  to  our  war  time 
economy  was  experienced  in  the  field  of  text  books.  For  the 
first  time  considerable  delay  in  the  filling  of  orders  was  ex- 
perienced. The  publishers  of  school  textbooks  exhausted  the 
quotas  assigned  and  were  forced  to  delay  filling  of  orders. 
The  result  has  been  that  some  orders  are  not  filled  until 
after  a  lapse  of  nine  months.  This  is  a  situation  that  will  be 
remedied  as  soon  as  paper  restrictions  are  lifted. 

Supplies  arrived  on  time  and  in  sufficient  quantity  so  that 
the  work  of  the  school  was  interfered  with  only  slightly. 
The  restrictions  in  the  field  were  in  the  quality  of  the  prod- 
uct. Certain  grades  of  paper  were  by  order  of  W.  P.  B. 
reduced  in  weight  with  a  resulting  decrease  in  quality.  The 
reduction  in  weight  did  not  seriously  impair  the  educative 
process  but  it  is  indicative  of  a  trend  which  may  become  a 
matter  of  serious  consequence. 

Weather  conditions  added  to  the  difficulties  of  the  school 
program.  Frequent  interruptions  in  the  school  program 
were  experienced  in  January  and  February.  The  severity 
of  the  winter  made  it  necessary  to  change  the  vacation  period 
and  to  close  school  on  several  other  occasions. 


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In  addition  to  the  usual  repairs  on  the  physical  plant  the 
painting  of  the  interior  of  the  Village  school  and  repairs  to 
the  chimney  at  Severance  school  were  completed.  Both  of 
these  special  projects  were  necessary.  The  appearance  of 
the  Village  School  was  enhanced  and  in  addition  the  lighting 
was  improved  because  of  greater  reflection  of  the  light.  The 
efficiency  of  the  stoves  at  Severance  was  increased  so  that 
the  smoke  nuisance  of  previous  years  was  cut  considerable. 

The  schools  continued  to  participate  in  the  war  effort  by 
regularly  selling  stamps.  In  addition  the  children  collected 
milk  weed  pods  in  the  fall.-  The  floss  was  used  as  a  substi- 
tute for  kapok  in  life  preservers.  The  children  collected  29 
bags  of  pods  which,  according  to  the  Dept.  of  Agriculture, 
would  furnish  floss  for  14  life  preservers.  The  sum  of  $5.80 
was  turned  over  as  the  amount  paid  for  the  floss. 

Budget 
The  overall  budget  shows  a  slight  increase  of  $88.68.  In- 
creases in  some  items  are  counterbalanced  by  decreases  so 
that  the  net  overall  increase  is  the  above  amount.  The  esti- 
mated assets  of  the  school  district  are  decreased  by  $500.00 
so  that  the  tax  levy  is  increased  $588.68.  In  conditions  like 
we  are  now  experiencing  where  personal  costs  are  increasing 
this  is  only  to  be  expected.  The  question,  which  may  be  an- 
swered by  pending  state  legislature,  as  to  whether  it  is  tem- 
porary or  permanent  is  much  more  important. 

Conclusion 

The  schools  of  Auburn  are  feeling  the  impact  of  our  war 
economy  more  severely  as  time  goes  on.  This  condition  is 
one  which  is  country  wide  and  is  a  matter  of  concern  to  all. 
The  superintendent  of  schools  with  the  help  and  cooperation 
of  the  board  is  attempting  to  maintain  educational  procedure 
at  as  near  a  normal  level  as  possible. 

Transportation  and  the  severity  of  the  winter  have  added 
to  our  problems.    The  situation  has  not  been  one  of  choice 


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but  rather  one  of  necessity  and  the  cooperation  of  teachers, 
parents  and  pupils  have  made  it  possible  to  operate  schools 
as  regularly  as  we  have  been  able  to  do. 

The  attitude  of  all  concerned  with  the  well  being  of  the 
schools,  pupils,  parents,  school  board  and  teachers,  has^  been 
helpful  and  cooperative.  I  appreciate  the  many  considerate 
acts  which  have  made  it  pssible  for  the  schools  to  operate 
so  well. 


Respectfully  submitted, 

EVERTON  H.  PARKINSON, 

Superintendent  of  Schools. 


Vital  Statistics 


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BIRTHS 

Registered  in  the  Town  of  Auburn,  N.  H.,  for  the  Year 
Ending  December  31,  1944 

Date,  Name  of  Child,   Name  of  Father  and  Maiden 
Name   of  Mother 

Jan.     7     Donald  Edward  Sargent;  John  Wilbur  Sargent; 
Laura  Martha  Harris. 

Jan.  21     Gertrude  Lucy  Parker;  Donald  Frederick  Parker;. 

Wildie  Thayer  Stillings. 

Mar.  10     Marcia     Louise     Bartholomew;     Harry     Monroe 
Bartholomew ;  Juanita  Louise  Newman. 

Mar.  17     Richard  Patrick  Lessard;  Arthur  J.  Bte.  Lessard; 
Gabrielle  Jeanne  Gabert. 

May  19     Josephine  Elaine  Corey ;  Robert  Bernard  Corey  ; 
Pauline  Althea  Barker. 

May  31     Howard  Robert  Preston;  George  Harrison  Pres- 
ton ;  Mildred  Viola  Humphrey. 

June    3     Richard  Albert   Wood;   Malcolm,  Alfred   Wood; 
Gertrude  Mary  Eaton. 

July  28     Mary     Linda    Glidden ;     Elwin    Willis     Glidden ; 
Margarita  Pauline  Eaton. 

Aug.    5     Ralph    Carleton    Davis ;    Warren    Delmas   Davis ; 
Blanche  Lovina  McFarland. 

Sept.  15     Elinor    Theresa    Stacy;    Clifford    Everett    Stacy; 
Lillian  Margaret  Coughlin. 


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MARRIAGES 

Registered  in  the  Town  of  Auburn,  N.  H.,  for  the  Year 
Ending  December  31,  1944. 

Date,  Place  of  Marriage,  Names  of  Bride  and  Groom 
By  Whom   Married 

Mar.  5  Auburn,  N.  H. ;  Norris  Ara  Baldwin,  and  Mabel 
Mabel  Etta  Nash ;  John  R.  Ryans,  Minister  of 
the  Gospel. 

Apr.  26  Epping,  N.  H. ;  William  A.  Cote,  and  Eva  Pearl 
Jacques ;  Rev.  J.  E.  Vaccarest,  Roman  Catholic 
Priest. 

Sept.  23  Auburn,  N.  H. ;  Richard  L.  Fosburgh,  and  Esther 
R.  Fosburgh ;  James  E.  Stockley,  Justice  of 
the  Peace. 


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DEATHS 

Registered  in  the  Town  of  Auburn,  N.  H.,  for  the  Year 
Ending  December  31,  1944 

Name,   Date  and  Age,   Year-Month-Day,   Name  of  Father  and  Name  of  Mother 

Jan.     7     Minnie  Louise  Allen,  65-4-7;  Daniel  H.  Webster; 
M.  Eleanor  Crouch. 

Apr.  21     Caroline    F.    Emery,    99-7-5;    Alfred    T.    Wood; 
Mary  P.  Emery. 

Apr.  27     Herman  G.  Farwell,  47-11-24;  Lewis  E.  Farwell; 
Emma  Taylor. 

May     3     Marie    Pulin,    79-9-29 ;    Rene   Desrochers ;    Clara 
Laroche. 

June  10     Henry  Francis  Dagon,  73-3-20 ;  Paul  Dagan  ;  — 

July  20     Arthur  Curtis  Chick,  39-9-18  ;  Albert  Chick  ;  Edith 
H  armor. 

Sept.  27     Timothy   J.   Teehan,   64-8-13;   John   P.   Teehan; 
Mary  Sullivan. 

Sept.  28      (Baby)    Tortorelli,    1    day;    Philip  F.   Tortorelli ; 
Ethel  Griffin. 

Sept.  28     Henry  Hoppe,  66-2-24  ;  Stephen  Hoppe  ;  Barbara 
Werner. 

Oct.  20     Herman    Bedel,    79-1-29;    Head    Bedel;    Emiline 
Bedell. 

Oct.  26     Harriet  L.  Chase,  76-7-10  ;  Evander  Preston;  Eliza 
Stewart. 

Nov.  12     James  Pettingell  Hall,  58-1-29;  John  Hall;  Alice 
Adaire. 

Dec.    9     Arthur  P.   Belisle,  71-0-6;  Henry  Belisle ;  Celina 
Dion.